, 1887-09-22
IL LAFE C1EFERENCE.
. ,.IrIcaL ANALYSIS OF TIE ARGUMENT
- TdE UNIVERSITY MATTER

s ,.IrIraL ANALYSIS OF TIE ARGUMENT
- TsI- UNIVERSITY MATTER.
ify o.. g.. HAIL. CoraueI e. :. A.. re;i.cd.l
"Oa.tlae miue ancnmy might write
book"
R.v \. !. Haa-on'~ apology fer tie
gi-sllcnu r.prgylAen declining to ac-
n,.uf e.. b5.tits ofirred by the Port
TG-nzaud Board OF Trade against
nrur cIpYgvnan who had declared the
Tethul.s! conference was bound to
locate tie university in Port Town
send. i most unfortunate defence;
il proves .Ep eighteen gentlemen to
b.. coutpmu;abIe ShyiOckS. demanding
their pound of flesh. because it Is liz
the bond and they viii have it l. is
nothing 10 them that Mr.. d. I. Denny
and EIr. Alcnzo Davis, amply able to
make good the whole and therefore
fully able 10 make good any deticIen~
eiee. have guarauteed the conference
tic full amount of $4,000 bonus, be
cause. fcrso0th, the eighteen clergy
men stood under the shadow OF 4
$4,000 offer from another location
Mr.. Hanson, as chairman of the
srecial committe on university-to
report against Pert Townsend, in the
fifth argument, SAYS: I'VE find the
proposed university site does not con
sist Of eighty acres of land on the
shore OF Port Townsend bay as re-
qnired, but of a strip of ground
known as the Briggs donation, not
exceeding % rods in width on the
shore, and 1, miles inland, and of Il
20 acre tract(part of the Blinn ostate),
not situate on the shore at any point"
Here let us count up: One and one
fourth miles in length is 400 rods
long, 81 rods wide, made 1880
square rod; i. @. so acres. The 20
acres of the Blinn estate adjoining
makes 100 acres. Now, Mr.. HansOn's
report first gives us the resolutions
which the Conference had unanl-
mously adopted at the previous con-
vention. when it had no 'offer from
another location" 1t treads, ReSOlced,
that the the Briggs location, to con
sist OF not less than eighty acres of
land on the shore of Port Townsend
Bay, etc" does this mean CUery acre
of ldnd to be on the shore of Port
| TOwRSeRd Bay? Mr.. Hanson will
hardly staltify himself to say it does
mean this, and nothing short of this.
1t means no such thing and does not
define how much fTont-only 60 acres.
Mr. Hanson's fifth argument admits
IS0 acres of the Briggs donation with
front on Port Townsend Bay, as
his bond required. as wide as from
| Commercial street to Columbir street
in Seattle, 526 feet, nay more, and
here the cloven foot IS unveiled; he
continues: "TAe said grounds not
being those had in contemplation
when the proposition was accepted,
and not regarded by this body as
meeting the requirements of the pro-
posed institution" This language
can only refer TO tie 20 acres, and
yet the bond calls for $4,000 in land,
without defining where it shall be
located, aud the Board of Trade gives
them 100 acres in one body, instead
of the so acres named. Mr.. Hanson
is not satisfied, and manifestly en-
deavcrs to hookwink the conference
hy making it appear as the Briggs
donation
Again. in :he fourth argument, lie
; says: I'VE find at least Sl200 was
made subscribed by persons who in
no sense are 'ci;izeEs of Port Town
send and vicinity and who have no
property interest whatever" Think
of it, Get up rattle, or lottery,
and offer the proceeds 10 these
eighteen c!ergymen and see how
many of them will refuse the offering.
) But here they utterly refuse the $1,000
because it Is not in the bond.
As corollary, it follows: No per-
sons but citizens of Port Townsend
and vicinity can take any interest in
rGtroGizipg this conference univer
Sit, and hence they iynore the guar
antees OF Messrs. Denny and Davis,
as the sixth argument plainly de
ciares, when he says: "Finnally we
90 not regard tie proffered guaranty
OF certain citizens Of Port Townsend
mo allusion to Messrs. Denny and
| Davis guayaniy-a subtcrfuge-non
resident , 30 make mp possible de-
ficiereles n the foregoing subscrip-
tions is justifying Our final accept
ance OF the bonus, iuasmueh us il
was not ccmprehepded in the terms
OF the agreement, is not properly q
part of The professed bonus, and
does not on the face of it propose TO
bring up the amount to S50,00O With
the known facts, it would have been
more creditable for the special com
mittee 10 have honestly bluried out:
You see, it is not in the bond, and
now we can get S75, 900, so we will
not allow the Board of Trade on any
other party to complete 10 our salts
faction the bonus for the Methodist
university"
In Mr. Hanson's speech, he said ::
"The only question for the conference
to decide on Is as to whether the
| Port Townsend bonus was made in
good faith. Did the S50,0G0 bonus
contain good, substantial land?'
Tbereupon he lodges the main facts;
he will knew, but does not tell us,
that the conference appraisement
committee, fixed the values of the
land, which has since appreciated.
The conference agent, the presiding
bishop and the conference trustees,
with the legal opinion of ex-Chief
Justice j. r. Lewis, have all maiu-
tanned the point which the special
committee ignore, that the so days
were allotted to the appraisement
committee OF the conference ''to com.
plete the preliminary arrangements
for the acceptance of the proposed
tsite of this university" and not ..
ltime limit TO the contract. In law
| the conference is bound by the acts
of its agents; AID is m, rally bound.
and in honor bound, to sustain the
official acts and decisions of lis bishop
aad agents These facts which
Mr.. Hanson lodged. He advocates
a rev dogma, towit: That an honest
man, who sUbscribes to The performs